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Date of source: Thursday, July 3, 2014
Bayt al- ‘Ailah held an extraordinary meeting in the Nag’ Hammādī Diocese two days ago (Tuesday July 1) after armed assailants have repeatedly kidnapped Coptic citizens in Nag’ Hammādī.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Spokesman of President Mursī, Dr. Yāsir ꞌAlī, yesterday commented on statements delivered by President Mursī on Egyptian Christians describing them as “minorities”. Accusing media of delivering false reports, ꞌAlī argued that media have taken President Mursī’s statements out of context and that the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2013
al-Wafd reported on al-Marāshdah incident as well, where Bishop Kyrillos of Qena stated that the clashes resulted in the burning of three stores and an attack on six (‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, Jan. 20, p. 8). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, January 6, 2017
Bishop Cyril of Najaʿ Ḥammādī praised the annual visit conducted by the governorate’s executive leadership, headed by the Governor of the territory, to the Archbishopric to present their well-wishes for the feast.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
On Sunday, an emergency tribunal sentenced Hammām al-Kamūnī to death for his part in last year’s slaying of seven people outside a church in the Upper Egyptian town of Naj‘ Hammādī. * Egyptian newspaper coverage of the court ruling continued on Tuesday, but on a more limited scale than in previous...
Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
An church source says that a meeting between Pope Shenouda III and MP Jamāl As‘ad is being set up.
This comes after the Pope was contacted by Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī from the Shūrá Council, who told the Pope that As‘ad would like to apologize for any unnecessary attacks he may have made on the Church....
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 2010
Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammādī said that the sectarian violence in the al-Nawāhid village caused the burning of 20 houses and a total of 300,000 Egyptian Pounds worth of damage. Kyrillos accused Mayor ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Tantāwī of plotting the fire with the help of various other officials in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Sectarian tension dominated the al-Nawāhid village in Qena yesterday as rumors of an 18-year old Coptic boy raping a 15-year old Muslim girl caused a violent outbreak burning ten houses. The state has tightened security in the village to contain the situation. The boy and girl are both being held...
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2010
Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammadi said he was ready to testify in the Naj‘ Hammādī massacre case if summoned for Sunday's session. He said that he expected a just sentence by the court against the perpetrators of the notorious massacre. Meanwhile, Kyrillos says he does not expect the court to...
Date of source: Sunday, March 28, 2010
This article deals with the request from Christian activist Na‘īm to bishop Kyrillos to refrain from politics, and focus on being a religious leader only.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.